... parts of a leaf are the tip of the
blade andthe top ofthe sheath. Where the blade and
sheath join, there are structures called the ligule and the
auricles (Figure 2.3).
Table 2.1 – Shoot structures ... extension
flowering and grain growth.
The developmental processes overlap and are closely
linked so that the form andstructureofthe plant evolves
as the integration of many consecutive and interacting
processes.
THE ... EFFICIENCY
Tim Setter and Peter Carlton
The structureofthe wheat plant described in this
chapter is the starting point to understanding the growth
and development ofthe crop, its nutrition andthe reasons
for...
... between the
Leu residues from v-KIND and MAP2 contributes to
the interaction between the two proteins.
In conclusion, the present study has clarified the
structural and functional importance ofthe ... and 482) and
one Thr residue (amino acid 487) were well conserved
in the KIND2 of v-KIND in all species analyzed,
although not in the other KINDs. To investigate the
possible involvement of these ... under-
stood, the data obtained in the present study indicate
that the 43 residues (amino acids 702–744 in mice) that
reside in the middle region ofthe CD act as the
v-KIND binding core. The v-KIND-binding...
... W,is
simply the sum ofthe body mass of all individuals. For organisms ofsimilar size, it
can be estimated by taking the product ofthe population, N,andthebodymass,
M. Similarly, the store of each ... obvious.
We asked the author(s) of each paper to examine the importance and role of
body size in the systems in which they work. Essentially the book builds from the
level ofthe individual and a consideration ... level to the
flux, storage and turnover of these elements at the level of ecosystems.
Our second example concerns the role of metabolism in trophic relationships,
including thestructureand dynamics...
... resemble teardrops [32].
Further examination ofthestructureand sequence of
sbwAFP and TmAFP reveal other similarities (Fig. 8 C).
The panel shows the similarity ofthe TXT face again, a nd
also ... determine the handedness ofthe proteins, or
may prevent the unfolding ofthe protein at cold temper-
atures.
The b-helix as an AFP structural motif?
The sbwAFP and TmAFP structures represent the first
AFPs ... of
X-ray structure with 5 °C NMR structure using the main chain of
residues Ser12 fiThr70 in t he structure a lignment. (B) O verlap of the
X-ray structure with the 30 °C NMR structure using the main...
... SDS/PAGE and in 2D PAGE (Figs 1 and
2; Table 1).
The N-terminal amino acid sequences (see above) allow
the assignment ofthe HcA clone to the major sequence of
the upper hemocyanin band in the SDS/PAGE ... against the hemocyanin fraction show
staining ofthe two 75 kDa bands in Western blot, but do
not recognize any other proteins ofthe hemolymph.
Although we expected that each of these bands contains
two ... primers andthe T3 vector primer. The
sequences were obtained after the cloning ofthe PCR
products into the pCR4-TOPO TA vector (Invitrogen).
Protein structure modeling
Homology models ofthe S....
... orm
of b strand [18].
The positive bands at » 1675 cm
)1
in the amide I r egion of
the ROA spectra of b-andj-casein, which originate mainly
in the peptide C O stretch, are characteristic of ... (although there is a hint) in the ROA spectra
of b-andj-casein may be evidence that, as suggested
previously [3], the b -structure identi®ed above mainly t akes
the f orm of unassociated b strands rather ... positive ROA
at » 1320 cm
)1
to PPII structure relies mainly on the
evidence outlined above.
In view ofthe c lose similarity ofthe ROA spectra of the
casein, synuclein and tau proteins shown in t his...
... model ofthe
role of point of view in problem solving.
SUMMARY
We have reported here a three
pronged approach to
the study of problem solving action and report: I) the
collected of data ... solving and talk about
problem solving, 2) development of a process model of
these behaviors, and 3) use of coding techniques to
extract traces of "critical phenomena" from the
transcripts ... relltld ~O
the
~r~romnoe oF
5he
problem tooK, lad o~here tt~c
are oZoeely related to the report ofthe task aoClona.
~n the psr~lo,,~ar problem demean ofthe H~aeionsr£ee
and CannLbae8 pusxle,...
... region of the
1
H,
15
N-HSQC spectrum of
the C-terminal domain of human eRF1 illustrating the
presence of two conformational states ofthe protein.
Fig. S2. Plot ofthe number and distribution of the
NOEs ... However, these
structures do not show the coordinates ofthe atoms in
Fig. 6. Superposition ofthe representative NMR open conformer
of the C-domain (red and blue) on the crystal structure [20] of the
complex ... (C-domain). The high-reso-
lution NMR structureofthe human C-domain (residues 277–437) has been
determined in solution. The overall fold andthestructureofthe b-strand
core ofthe protein...
... ofthestructureof NADP
+
-bound FeR
revealed that the nicotinamide moiety of NADP
+
faces the re-side ofthe isoalloxazine ring, and that the
2¢-P-AMP moiety is held in the groove between the ... sheet with the b12 of
the other monomer, and towards the C-terminus, the
subsequent residues, Phe182–Lys186, pass through the
a2 vicinity ofthe other monomer. For the FeR dimer,
the N-terminal loop ... present the crystal structure of
DvMF flavoredoxin and discuss the key residues for
ligand binding and metal ion binding, based on the
crystal structures.
Results
Cloning and sequencing ofthe flavoredoxin...
... superimpo-
sition of five-residue segments ofthe crystal structure on the equivalent segments of each member ofthe family ofthe solution structure
ofthe M domain of human eRF1. The resulting rmsd ... S4. A comparison of part ofthe protein backbone
structure ofthe representative solution structureof
the human eRF1 M domain andthe Ca trace in the
crystal structureof RF1 in the whole ribosome ... simi-
larity to the crystal structureofthe M domain of the
same protein [3], but it is far from identical (Fig. 2A).
The rmsd ofthe superposition ofthe heavy backbone
atoms (Ca, N, O and C) ofthe family...
... with the
gene ofthe benzaldehyde lyase and for helpful discus-
sions, the teams ofthe Swiss Light Source (Villigen ⁄ CH)
and ofthe EMBL outstation Hamburg for their help
with data collection and ... comparison ofthe relative
B-factors along the ThDP molecules shows that the
Fig. 4. Structure- based sequence alignment of BAL, BFD and PDC all of which are used in organic synthesis. The secondary structure ... consist of a cen-
tral six-stranded parallel b-sheet flanked by a varying
number of a-helices. Residues involved in binding of
the cofactor ThDP are located at the C-terminal ends
of the b-strands of...
... under the conditions applied and therefore the
constructs could be reliably used to assess the interde-
pendence ofthe modules. This was corroborated by
the calculated s
c
values ofthe tandem ... exactly the reverse ofthe situation
observed for the CCP1
single
and CCP2
single
modules
and probably reflects the complex interdependence of
the modules in terms of internal dynamics and may
also ... ‘HVL‘ loop, and the
presence of a tyrosine in strand C of CCP4 in place of
an asparagine in C1r CCP2 (N379), and based on the
results ofthe present perturbation study, we suggest
that the inter-CCP...